Justin Ahrens

Justin Ahrens is the founder and principal of Rule29, an award winning suburban Chicago-based strategic creative firm. He is a frequent guest blogger, national speaker and recently authored a book: Life Kerning: Creative Ways to Fine Tune Your Perspective on Career and Life (Wiley). Follow his and Rule29's adventures here or on Twitter.

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To Design For Social Good Campaigns, Get In The Shoes Of The People You’re Trying To Help

You need real immersion in your client’s world.

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3 Rules For Designers Who Want To Help Nonprofits

Don’t give your work away, but make sure you go in with a plan.

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How To Turn Colleges Into Incubators For Changemaking Design

When working on social good projects, designers can team up with design students. If done right, it can lead to great work and setting young designers on a future path to social good.

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“Cause Design” Has Impacts Beyond Doing Good: Changing How You Think About Design

Working on issues outside their comfort zone can force designers to confront their own assumptions.

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We know how to build an all-renewable electric grid

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Citibank wants to help open college savings accounts for every kid in the U.S.

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4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing Amazon rainforest

Creativity

Alton Brown explains why ‘Good Eats: The Return’ is “the best work that I’ve ever done in my career”

Creativity

A$AP Rocky snubbed a request to publicly thank Donald Trump

Creativity

Jillian Bell on losing 40 pounds to find an emotional connection with her latest role

Co.Design

These prayer mats combine Islamic tradition and contemporary design

Co.Design

The brilliant UI and UX design of classic 1990s anime

Co.Design

These powerful fonts are based on protest movements, from civil rights to suffrage

Work Life

The most effective way to implement a behavior change

Work Life

These are the negative effects of praise (that you’ve probably never thought about)

Work Life

Justin Ahrens

To Design For Social Good Campaigns, Get In The Shoes Of The People You’re Trying To Help

You need real immersion in your client’s world.

3 Rules For Designers Who Want To Help Nonprofits

Don’t give your work away, but make sure you go in with a plan.

How To Turn Colleges Into Incubators For Changemaking Design

When working on social good projects, designers can team up with design students. If done right, it can lead to great work and setting young designers on a future path to social good.

“Cause Design” Has Impacts Beyond Doing Good: Changing How You Think About Design

Working on issues outside their comfort zone can force designers to confront their own assumptions.

Impact

We know how to build an all-renewable electric grid

Citibank wants to help open college savings accounts for every kid in the U.S.

4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing Amazon rainforest

Creativity

Alton Brown explains why ‘Good Eats: The Return’ is “the best work that I’ve ever done in my career”

A$AP Rocky snubbed a request to publicly thank Donald Trump

Jillian Bell on losing 40 pounds to find an emotional connection with her latest role

Co.Design

These prayer mats combine Islamic tradition and contemporary design

The brilliant UI and UX design of classic 1990s anime

These powerful fonts are based on protest movements, from civil rights to suffrage

Work Life

The most effective way to implement a behavior change

These are the negative effects of praise (that you’ve probably never thought about)

Why companies need to stop ignoring those without a digital presence